U18 World League

High Ground
Spectators: 7592 (Terracing: 5695, Seating: 1746, VIP seats: 151) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Robert Lewandowski started the match with the kick off. After 2 played minutes WKS Śląsk Wrocław got a freekick which was hit by Wit Sobania. In the 5th match minute, PTB Football Club was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Maksymilian Wykowski to maneuver through the defense. When Grzegorz Bielatowicz fell near the penalty area in the 7th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored WKS Śląsk Wrocław's protests and gave Grzegorz Bielatowicz a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, WKS Śląsk Wrocław's Grzegorz Bielatowicz got a free kick in the 7th minute. Sylwester Smuskiewicz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Maciej Wydrych in the 10th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Roman Klejnowski during the 11th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to PTB Football Club getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Roman Klejnowski hit a great ball. WKS Śląsk Wrocław's Ludomil Jaszcz got a good chance for a goal in the 13th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 15 minutes into the game, WKS Śląsk Wrocław's Robert Lewandowski nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Wawrzyniec Plucinik made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Konrad Jaszyna hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. If Robert Lewandowski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Robert Lewandowski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Wawrzyniec Plucinik tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Wawrzyniec Plucinik made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ludomil Jaszcz in the 29th minute of play. Witold Przebendowski took the ball and in the 30 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Sylwester Smuskiewicz. Sylwester Smuskiewicz dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. 34 minutes into the match, PTB Football Club's goal looked a bit too open when Ludomil Jaszcz came free, but Wawrzyniec Plucinik reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as PTB Football Club's Roman Klejnowski slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Sylwester Smuskiewicz. That made the score 2-1 after 39 minutes of play. Maciej Wydrych sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Radoslaw Gonsiewski kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Roman Klejnowski was the one to do the kick off. Maciej Wydrych sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Sylwester Smuskiewicz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roman Klejnowski in the 60th minute of the match. Maksymilian Wykowski kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Konrad Jaszyna in the 68th minute of play forced WKS Śląsk Wrocław's goalkeeper Sylwester Smuskiewicz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Roman Klejnowski in the 69th minute of play forced WKS Śląsk Wrocław's goalkeeper Sylwester Smuskiewicz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sylwester Smuskiewicz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Konrad Jaszyna in the 73rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Konrad Jaszyna in the 75th minute of play forced WKS Śląsk Wrocław's goalkeeper Sylwester Smuskiewicz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With an all-out effort, WKS Śląsk Wrocław's Wawrzyniec Plucinik threw himself towards the right post 77 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Ludomil Jaszcz, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Wawrzyniec Plucinik was a little too slow when Ludomil Jaszcz got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 79th minute. The score was now 2-2. After a defensive mix-up in PTB Football Club's zone, Jakub Dabrowski stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Wawrzyniec Plucinik came out of the goal and Jakub Dabrowski tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Wawrzyniec Plucinik showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ludomil Jaszcz in the 83rd minute of the match. With a little luck, PTB Football Club's Wawrzyniec Plucinik got control of the ball when Wit Sobania tried to sneak it across the goal line. Despite being the better team, PTB Football Club failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.